What Makes Your Blog Unique? Write About It And Boost Your Profits
You might think that this is a crazy TIP to get new content ideas, and you’re right. It sounds crazy but it works!
You see, a great way to get more BLOG traffic and readers is to show your real personality. Show you’re a real, breathing human being. And readers will start to like, know and trust you more.
And you know what happens when you do this.. Yes, you start getting better results and (hopefully) more sales.
Why? Because people buy from those that they like, know and trust. That’s a fact. Ask any smart marketer around and they’ll tell you the same.
Here’s a real question and I want you write a real posting next time you publish a new article, regardless your blog is about “blogging”, “online dating” or “forex trading”.
This works for every niche or sub-niche blog, period.
Here’s the million-dollar question – “What makes your blog unique”?
Write about it on your blog.
Here’s how you’d start. This is just a template, so feel free to tweak it and fill in the blanks to let your writing style shine through.
“I’ve firstly heard about this from Codrut Turcanu at Remarkable Blogging dot Com – http://www.RemarkableBlogging.com
So here’s a secret I want to share with you about my blog; what I believe that it makes it unique. I think you’ll like what I have to tell you as I never talked about this before.
“X” makes my blog unique. And here’s why.
To make the long story short, this is what I did.. “
Ok, that’s the template, it’s quite short and you’ll have to expand on it.
Here are more instructions:
1. change “X” with whatever you think that makes your blog unique.
It could be your overall design, or just your header; your topic or maybe your personal background and/or experience.
It doesn’t matter; for as long as it’s your unique benefit that you can share on your blog with your readers, it’ll do wonders.
2. You have to share the story of the little thing that you’ve said it’s unique about your blog.
For example, if you’ve mentioned that your template is unique about your blog, explain why it is so. Maybe you’ve hired a talented designer to craft your blog theme for you at low-cost and you’re happy with your decision.
You get the idea. The key is to share something new, unique and interesting about your blog, something which you did not reveal before.
It takes a few minutes (for some maybe hours) of brainstorming to figure it out what exactly to share on your blog based on the template and idea I gave you.
Good luck!
Here are some cool sources about “what makes your blog unique” topics:
The 10 Commandments of Unique Blogging
Blog Marketing: Offer Something Unique
The Eternal Quest for Uniqueness
Connecting later!
Codrut Turcanu & the Remarkable Blogging TEAM.
P.S. If you liked this TIP, you’re going to love the next ones.
Is Flickr the Answer to Fast Content Idea Generating?
I like to inspire people, I guess that’s one of the gifts God gave me. Today’s post will give you the spark to help you get ideas for new postings on your blog, FAST!
If you think about it, getting new content ideas requires you think, brainstorm and research.
Yeah, that’s a lot of time to be spend on each and every little detail as the tasks above. And most of us are lazy on top of that.
What if I show you a speedy way to get inspiration for new blog postings, would you follow me?
If I told you that you can use this little tactic on your blog today, would you want to try it out?
I’ll tell you about this in a minute. Just wanted to also mention another BIG benefit of using this tactic. When you do so, your blog readers are going to stick longer on your blog, thus increasing your chances to make more profits.
Ok, the answer to fast content idea generating is Flickr.com
This is a site where members upload pictures, snapshots and videos on all topics and niches you could ever imagine of. The concept is to share all this with friends and family.
FACT – in the last minute alone there were 5,282 uploads, that’s mind blowing!
Just by browsing through their huge database you could find cool pics and useful videos which could bring you a ton of new content ideas to write about on your blog. All you need is to use the SEARCH function and type in a key term or word targeted to your blog NICHE.
You could even use the pictures or videos on your own blog (just follow their terms carefully as you can’t publish anything from Flickr on your blog, especially if it’s commercial in nature)
When you publish Flickr related content, you know what happens – your blog READERS will definitely stick longer on your blog, thus increasing your chances to make more profits.
Imagine this – when you add cool, eye-catching and ‘related’ images to your blog postings, folks would be curious to find what other pictures you’d publish in upcoming posts.
I guess that’s a subconscious thing, and it works like a charm, at least for my blogs.
Try it – and thank me later on. If you liked this tip, refer it to your friends and Digg it!
Here are some cool Flickr related postings:
Images: An Essential Part of Any Blog Post
Three Sticky Ways to Hold Reader Attention
A Comprehensive Guide to Using Flickr for Traffic Building and Brand Marketing
Flickr Video Launches – A Unique Experience
Find Creative Commons Licenced Photos from Flickr via Your WP Blog
Connecting later!
Codrut Turcanu & the Remarkable Blogging TEAM.
P.S. If you liked this TIP, you’re going to love the next ones.
Amazon and How to Get a Ton of Blog Content Ideas
One thing that almost no one knows about blogging is that biographies can help you come up with new content ideas FAST.
Here’s why:
“Biographies and autobiographies are great ways to learn more about inspirational people. From Randy Pausch to Steve Jobs, the accounts of people’s lives really can serve up plentiful amounts of information,
ideas, and motivation.” (source – Performancing.com)
I’m a BIG believer in learning from those who already did what I’d like to learn, or got the results I’d like to achieve myself.
That’s why whenever you have the chance to learn from the pros, those who have been where you want to be prior you, you better devour their materials like there’s no tomorrow.
When you’re reading someones biography you get to know that persons failures and successes.
You won’t have to go through what that person has gone, so it’s a great way to avoid the costly mistakes and shortcut your learning curve.
I lost the number of how many times I got inspired by someone else biography to manage my own business or take it to the next level. I lost track of the numerous situations in which these books helped me come up with new (killer) blog postings.
KEY Idea – if you think about it, just by reading someone’s book title or its first page you could get a few enticing content ideas for your upcoming blog posts.
Try it and let me know how it worked for you.
Here’s an even easier idea if you don’t have time to go at the library or buy books from Amazon.
Visit Amazon.com magazine section and look through listings in whatever niche your blog is related to.
Browse the titles and within 5 minutes you should come up with more blog post ideas than you could handle.
Here are some ‘amazon/book’ related blogs:
Connecting later!
Codrut Turcanu & the Remarkable Blogging TEAM.
P.S. If you liked this TIP, you’re going to love the next ones.
The Blog Post Secret That Keeps You Away from Blogging
Face it – sometimes writers block hits you, so the question is What to Do When You Have No Idea What to Write About on your blog?
Apply the Blog Post Secret.
This is not a blog post automator trick (aka posting “automatic” content).
This is not about writing random thoughts or ramblings.
Anyone can implement this on their blog. It’s the best blog post secret that I know.
Those who are not using it have a big disadvantage because they’re missing a ton of new opportunities.
Here’s what I’m talking about:
running e-mail (text based) interviews with fellow experts or blog owners in your niche.
For example. If your blog is about police dog training, you could create an interview via e-mail where
you ask the owner of a similar niche-targeted blog 5-10 questions about how to train your police dog without paying for a professional.
If your blog is about blogging, you could get pro bloggers answer 5-10 key questions about blogging and how to monetize your content (like I’ll do within a few days myself on this blog)
If your blog is about adsense, gather a list with fellow adsense bloggers or site owners, and e-mail them your 5-10 question interview.
You get the idea. This works on almost any imaginable niche topic, and for any type of blog.
How do you know what questions to ask in the interview?
That’s easy. Spy on similar interviews . Do a google search: “niche” + “interview”. You would get quite a few ideas from different niches, not only yours.
Or, wait until you see how I interview these bloggers, and copycat my interview formula.
The biggest advantage of running an interview with other bloggers and site owners is that besides having new content to publish on your blog, you also get traffic when the interviewee decides to add the interview on his own blog, or link to the interview directly on your blog.
In 8 out of 10 times, that’s what should happen.
Now that you see the key advantages of using this blog post secret, start running interviews with folks in your niche.
I guess that’s not a secret anymore.
Here’s a blog which I visited recently and deliver great tips about the Honest Truth About Making Money Online
The site is runned by a 18-year kid from Vietnam. That’s quite interesting, what do you say?
P.S. An interesting article Does Your Next Blog Post Matter? was published on ProBlogger.net
Read it and tell me what you think.
